Erratum : Eq. (16) of Note 172(1)

Feed: Dr. Myron Evans
Posted on: Monday, January 17, 2011 6:55 AM
Author: metric345
Subject: Erratum : Eq. (16) of Note 172(1)

It should be :

c (p squared) power half = c modulus p bold = (E squared – m squared c fourth) power half

which is the Einstein energy equation with POSITIVE root (no negative energy). The Einstein energy equation of special relativity is a restatement of the relativistic momentum (p = gamma mv) and is

E squared = p squared c squared + m squared c fourth

or

p sup mu p sub mu = (mc) squared

Dirac was once interviewed and asked whether the general public would understand relativistic quantum mechanics, and he said: “No”. When asked why he did not predict the positron he answered “pure cowardice” (this is another standard model myth, the positron was predicted by Oppenheimer after some remarks by Weyl. Dirac had done all the dogwork however and played it safe when he predicted the proton as the antiparticle of the electron. Understandable in view of the way some people dislike new thought and knee jerk to ad hominem attacks). Even a Lucasian Professor does not like that, and come to think of it, neither does a Civil List Scientist. My colleague Grigolini met Dirac when he was an old man in Tallahassee, Florida. More accurately he saw him studying in the library but was too shy to talk to him.

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